We've all had that moment, let Pogba's celebration remain.

I am not your typical Manchester United fan. Or rather, I am a female Manchester United fan. Now, before you go on an beat the drums or make a meme, I know the stats coz I have them. Of the 320K plus fans, only 6% of us are female fans and to paint the full picture, We are also predominantly from Africa. Kenya leads, Nigeria is second and Ethiopia is third with about 65K. But in the scheme of things, I am a Manchester United fan.

Now, to the thing that has lumped a potato down my throat, you know. This morning, I did the usual football marathon while preparing for my notes on 10 things we learned from last Saturday’s game. I also wanted to see what else was happening and as usual, I went to BBC Sport because Monday, we see who’s make Garth Crook’s team of the week. I don’t always agree with Garth, but in the last two years when I have been a mother and watching time is limited to Man United games and MOTD, I keep in close contact.

So, first, we only had Paul Pogba making the list. That’s fine coz he came back and did his thing right? I wanted to read what and if anything else had caused Pogba’s inclusion despite the initial vision, attack and command… until I read about the hairstyle and dancing!

When someone presents me with contradictory information, especially about football, I react in two ways: I arrogantly refer them back to facts of which I know plenty or bravely soldier on, sometimes arrogantly by stating our serious records, culture and if that fails, I blame Moyes. There is never a bad time to blame Moyes.

So, when Garth presented me, I am sorry, millions of people with his disgust and displeasure of Paul Pogba’s celebration, I was like duuuuuuude. That sounds personal. It felt personal because Pogba had taken the time to actually explain what it was all about and second; why the hell not. Players celebrate all the time!

Further, the cutting remarks that “I have no time for his hairstyles and even less time for the dancing exhibitions. They are for beauty parlours and catwalks.”

Garth dedicated a rather generous amount of time disparaging Pogba. You could smell the shame and feel the distaste oozing over this guy.

In the context of my opening phrase – being not your typical fan – I will say that this here reeks something nasty. Maybe my reaction is extreme because I did not find the dance disgusting or catwalk-y (sic). I found it in the zone kind of thing, a Pogba kind of thing and of course, it was entertaining as hell even if I blushed for his sake… and boy, I can’t blush.

Maybe I felt for Pogba because he dyed his hair red and all that because… who here has not dyed his or her hair red or something much worse for their team? I mean, I named my son Anthony Martial… a day will come when he will ask me, ‘Mum, why does my name not have a S and you pronounce it Anthony Ma-sha-ll’ and I will be like ‘Son, Anthony… You were born at a time of goal-draught brought about by a philosophy of ass-clenching side-stepping-passing-beautiful-only football and a young lad came from France and scored in his opening match against Liverpool; a team that used to be like a rival those days and voila, my heart fell could only sing Martial and when you were born, there could have been no other name…’

Like I said, who hasn’t!

As we look at our players for role models; as African kids look up to their icons and see them be as they are, we feel the need to protect Pogba and his ‘antics’. There was Beckham whose inspired our hair and… stuff. But he had his critics; especially when the game seemed to be suffering for it. However, how can we take away the football to score points against celebration, fanatical hairstyles and dancing?

If you have not read the summary, here we go…

“I have no time for his hairstyles and even less time for the dancing exhibitions. They are for beauty parlours and catwalks.

What I do enjoy, though, is a footballer who can produce moments of magic with a football at his feet.

There is no doubt that Paul Pogba's return to the Manchester United line-up was as empathic against Newcastle as it was stylish, and so it should be.

Newcastle simply do not have the resources to compete with Manchester United. But you can only beat what is in front of you and Pobga tormented Newcastle throughout.

I would like to see the Frenchman have this sort of performance against the top teams, but there is no doubt that, given time and room, Pogba can destroy the opposition.

I had little choice but to pick Pogba over Jack Cork for example. Cork was outstanding for Burnley against Swansea but Pogba is in a different class. Yet there was something quite virtuous about Cork's performance I did not see in Pogba's against the Magpies.

Nevertheless, it would have been vindictive of me not to pick Pogba. I refuse to allow a poor rendition of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever with a poor haircut to stop me from producing an honest selection, but I do so through gritted teeth.”

Otherwise, I want to think that we can just celebrate the football and if the rest is not to our liking… we should leave it out rather than come off sounding so personal. And on that passive-aggressive note, what’s your take on these comments or are they just more drama on top of another drama for you?

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